Diagnóstico Geológico y Geotécnico del movimiento de ladera del barrio Esteban Godoy de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract:The present work consists of the geological and geotechnical diagnosis of the movements of hillside located in the Esteban Godoy neighborhood of the city of Loja, which has been affected by hillside movements. The objective of this work was to analyze the geological parameters and geotechnical through direct and indirect methods, laboratory and geophysics to identify the causes, geometry and kinematics of the slope movement. For this, a mapping field lithology prior to the generation of a topographic base. An analysis of the geo-mechanical parameters of the study area whose data were compiled from private companies that have intervened in the sector. This is correlated with the geophysics through the electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) method with the dipole-Dipole configuration, plus monitoring with the application of differential GPS by the span of 5 months. The integration of all this information allowed to generate the model geometric movement of slope that is of superficial type to an approximate depth of 15 m, which is generated in low plasticity clays that combined with water generate the slip. Regarding the kinematics of the slide, it has a speed of 53 cm/year, which is in an active state and which corresponds to very slow movement.